Hi all, i know this is a well talked about subject as i have done numerous google/ask searches, i find an awful lot but don't really seem to get any answers, over the last week i must have read hundreds of pages so please anyone who is going to tell me to google this problem, please don't as i have until i could scream lol......anyway, this is the problem i am having......
Hubby bought the HTC desire on ORANGE but then decided he wanted an iphone4 so he gave his desire to me, i am a vodafone user, as we have teenage children and the freedom/family packs are such good value, i wanted to stay on vodafone so i got the phone unlocked with an unlock code at my local mobile fone shop...hubby had never used it as a phone, just as a gadget to mess about on so we weren't aware there was any problems.... the problems i am having are these...i can't get the phone to hold a call, if i use wmcda only mode, its slightly better and i can usually get a call out but it will drop out if i stay on the line to long, if i use gsm only then i can't get a call out at all, the phone stays silent for a few seconds and then just drops out......on both settings the signal is fluctuating like mad and often gives me a x where my signal should be, i love the phone as a gadget but at the moment im not getting much luck with it as a phone.....a few things i thought may be to blame are
could it be the way the fone shop unlocked it??
i have used the same sim card (voda) for around 4+ years, could i need a better sim???
could it be because all the settings on the phone belong to orange and arn't set up to use on voda??
i have read on a few sites where people have returned these phones only to be given another one that has the same issues where others have recieved another hand set and the problem is solved but some people say they have no call dropping/signal issues at all and love the phone....im confused, i have been looking around the site and seen peopl are using custom roms and/or debranding the phone, could that help with my issues??
if anyone can help me i would really appreciate it ...
thanks in advance
emma......ps sorry for such a long post
If your SIM is 4+ years old, I would suggest that a new one might be in order, so at the very least I'd request one if I were you.
You've not mentioned which ROM version or baseband you phone is currently using (see Menu->Settings->About Phone->Software Information). Try posting these so we can see if you are running a very early ROM and/or radio.
Regards,
Dave
P.S. Lastly, divorce hubby for being unfaithful to the Desire and buying an iPhone!
lmao he's an iphone fanatic, he has the 3g, 3gs and now the iphone4, oh and a macbook lol.. personally i love the desire but i'm having a nightmare using it as a phone, i called HTC up on friday and ups have actually just came and picked it up, i have been waiting on them, so i can't actually check anything now, i wish i had realised and put the stats of the phone in my post, they said it will take 7/10 working days to get it back and i feel lost already lol....i am hoping and praying that they can sort the problem out, i have also requested new sims from vodafone and they are on their way to me also, so if i get my phone back and i still have same issues with my sim i will try the new sim, if that doesn't work, then i guess i'll be back on here or trading it in
i think im right in thinking the rom is the software, but by radio are you referring to the FM radio or to the radio waves your phone uses??
I have an iMac and a Macbook, but I dislike the walled garden that Apple has put up around the iPhone/iPad!
When I referred to the radio, I meant the cellular radio - not the FM radio, but the point is moot now if you've sent it in for repair!
Regards,
Dave
yeah i forgot he also has the ipad, i love that like, he jailbreaks them himself so we get all the apps, better than the ipod, which he has also lol...he's a total apple nut!! once i get my device back i will check the stats an post them up here straight away......if the radio is old could that be the problem?? and do the newer ones help, i had to sign a fom to say they could erase everything and put the latest software on so im presuming they will also update the radio?? if so maybe that will correct the problem, i had looked into using a custom rom before i sent it back but i was scared that if i did that then they wouldn't repair/replace the unit also i was a little wary as the instructions seem a little complicated
.......i have since sent my desire of for repair/replacement and have contacted them today (since they have had it 3 weeks) and was told it is ready to be sent back to me and that it has had the mother board replaced...has anyone else had similar problems who had had a new mother board fitted and then the problems have stopped??? im thinking that when it comes back it will be as useless as a phone as it was when i sent it off
thanks
As far as holding calls are concerned, the Desire is bad... much worse than any iPhone I've used. That said in built up areas I never really have problems with voice, but in rural areas the reception is very poor... I struggle to make calls in my house, which was never an issue when I used Samsung phones.
3G reception is a separate issue!
Well the motherboard is basically the phones guts, so that coupled with the new rom/radio should solve your issues. I can't see them replacing the MB just for the sake of it!
Let us know how you find it afterwards. Personally, I've no bother with reception and love my desire
well i've been expecting my phone back for days and it still hasn't arrived, i was quoted 5 to 7 working days when i sent it off for repair 3 WEEKS ago, anyway when it comes back i'll see how it goes and let you all know....could it possibly have something to do wiht the fact that its an orange branded phone and im getting a code to have it unlocked to vodafone????
(which i will have to pay for again now i have a new motherboard)
Yea, i know metro sux...but times are tough and im trying to save some money. So i took my beloved EVO to be flashed to Metro today,and they said it cant be done,even though it is on their list of phones that can be metroflashed. Went to several stores in case i was just getting a moron who didnt know how to do it,and still no luck,what gives? Any comments or advice would be appreciated. Does it have something to do with it being on the 0004 hardware? Maybe because its rooted? I did return it to stock before going,but didnt unroot...
You dealt with a bunch of idiots, that's all.
Lazy idiots.
you must have just some scared or lazy people.i have an evo 0004 hardware and i have it fully flashed to metro.web mms n all that.they CAN do it you just have to find a store that has can.theres three stores in my city but only one that do the metro flash.hope this helps
In the latest Jiminy post by Deathsled, he mentioned the Jiminy mod is no longer necessary to get full functionality on a Cricket-Flashed Evo...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784776&page=36
What is the reason for this?
About 6 months ago, I payed cricket store $100 for a full flash, and got no MMS...
I recently took my phone to someone on craigslist, and he got my MMS working, but now I have VERY slow 3G (10-30kbps down). He said he's working on it, but I figured I need to look elsewhere for guidance...
He told me he flashed it back to the stock Sense rom, and then flashed it to Jiminy.
Since then, i get about 10 major process crashes a day, and I have about 15-20 HTC/Sense processes running constantly that I never saw prior to this flash.
How can I get my phone working as it is intended to on Cricket, and not have erroneous processes eating all of my resources?
This has been a very long and tedious process to get a fully functional Evo on Cricket, and I just want it to be over... Ive sacrificed oto much time and money on all of this...
Thanks in advance guys, I know how helpful you all can be!
Wondering if anyone here has flashed their LGOG to pageplus w/ 3g/mms.
It's time to retire my Fascinate and the LGOG seems to be a little more affordable than other quad cores on ebay. SIII flashes over, but resellers on ebay are demanding top $. May have to settle for a proven dual core like SNexus. The LGOG would be nice, you guy seem enthusiastic about the phone. Great reviews.
Plus, LGOG has a large and active group here. Big +
Thanks in advance.
FLASHING
I haven't found anyone who has flashed this phone to any other carrier. I was able to flash mine to Verizon PrePay but the flash is incomplete for the fact that everything works except anything over 1x. In other words I can't get 3g to work because I can't seem to get into the EFS files to insert the "num" files. I'm not sure that the carrier that you want to use would require this type of flash but I think it will. I have a "real" hacker looking at it and I'm afraid until someone can figure out how to get into the EFS files you won't be able to get a full flash. I'll post it on my thread if and when it happens and ask you to do the same if you find success.
You're the first I heard from since posting my questions in a few forums. Howard Forum has a pretty active PagePlus thread, but no luck. A few email exchanges with some guys selling remote flash on ebay, neither have flashed the LGOG. Not sure I'd want to go that route.
It will be a month or two until I choose a new phone. Maybe one of those phone god types will have it figured out by then.
Hello all so I have recently swtiched to MetroPCS and the phone I currently have is a Samsung Galaxy S4 (M919N)
SGH-M919N
Version 4.4.4
It is completely stock.
After paying for the 60$ unlimited plan I guess now at the start of the month they include a free 6.7gb of data, or maybe it was only for the activation, because I haven't been with them in a while I'm not sure.
Regardless, I burned through that overnight, so I found this "Google Chrome Extension" that allows for unlimited hotspot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6ejhaP2aJI
However it does allow me to browse, but at extremely slow speeds (~76kbps) and sometimes it doesn't even fully load webpages or it gives me a 403 FORBIDDEN error. When I was on the MetroPCS actual hotspot I was pushing 10mpbs so I know the speed is far faster.
Basically I am trying to figure out what I need to do to get the full speed and bypass this thing, I can even tether but again it's still slow as heck.
Also, I have a lot of MetroPCS bloatware on there, Rhapsody playlist is one of the things on the top of one of the home screens that I can't even move, I wanted to know what was the best custom recovery/ROM to install. I know there's a one click or one touch automatic root or something...but I'd prefer to do it the way I did my M7 unless it's recommended to do it that way.
I had the M7 for T-Mobile with ARHD installed and TWRP which was nice it was fully functional it was my first time for both of those types of mods and everything went smoothly. (~a month ago)
I switched phones because my HTC's headphone jack stopped working and I had a guy who was willing to trade me phones, his Galaxy was fully functional and even though I explained to him my phone wasn't completely he told me he fixes phones all the time, thus the trade was made.
But for this particular phone....especially considering it's MetroPCS I am having a God-awful time finding any information online especially regarding my issue. Also for those that say, "Just pay for more data" I am a broke college student and I use this to do my school work...aside from going to the library, which sometimes is way too packed and there's usually no where to sit (I'm a UofA student) this is the only way for me to do anything.
If anyone has any information tutorials etc I would greatly appreciate it, I read some forums but none addressed my issue and none seemed to lead me in the right direction. I don't HAVE to install a custom ROM right off the bat...I can deal with the bloatware but what I NEED absolutely right now is the full speed of the hotspot.
Thanks everyone!